God's Timing Is Better Than Our Planning

No matter what exile we are walking out of, we can look to God and know assuredly His arms are open wide to welcome us back into His presence, through Christ Jesus. He made a way for our waywardness. The forgiveness we receive through Christ Jesus is free. The key to a full life rests in the forgiveness, mercy, love, joy, peace, and hope we find in Jesus Christ. Walking out of exile, God’s people looked with hope to the coming of the Messiah. Luke wrote of His arrival on earth, 

The angels sang as Jesus arrived on earth. God’s timing is better than our planning, even when defeat seems to overcome us. “It is finished,” John recorded of Jesus’ final breath before death on the cross, “With that, he bowed his head and gave up his spirit” (John 19:30). Imagine the blessings and worries conflicting in the minds of Jesus’ disciples, His mother, and His best friend, as they witnessed the horrific scene at the foot of the cross. Yet, days later, in God’s perfect timing and plan of redemption, the defeat of death was confirmed: 

God’s timing is better than our planning.

Source
The Moody Bible Commentary. Moody Publishers. Copyright 2014.

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Meg writes about everyday life within the love of Christ at megbucher.com. She is the author of “Friends with Everyone, Friendship within the Love of Christ,” “Surface, Unlocking the Gift of Sensitivity,” “Glory Up, The Everyday Pursuit of Praise,” “Home, Finding Our Identity in Christ,” and "Sent, Faith in Motion." Meg earned a Marketing/PR degree from Ashland University but stepped out of the business world to stay home and raise her two daughters …which led her to pursue her writing passion. A contributing writer for Salem Web Network since 2016, Meg is now thrilled to be a part of the editorial team at Salem Web Network. Meg loves being involved in her community and local church, leads Bible study, and serves as a youth leader for teen girls.